indirect

Examples

• All

• The public mood is linked to the economic recession, but in an indirect way.

  Academic text (1992)

• Then we should take the indirect route.

  28 Days Later (2002)

• The project's potential indirect effects included commercial and residential development in the project area.

  Academic text (1991)

• The taxi was forced to take an indirect route in spite of the relatively short distance it was going.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Most people take very indirect ways of trying to flirt or trying to open the door to more.

• That's rather an indirect route, isn't it?

  Quo Vadis (1951)

• Indirect lighting that reduces screen glare is important throughout the area, not just in labs.

  Academic text (2014)

• The lighting was subdued and indirect, the taped music a mix of jazz and soft rock.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Her suggestion was rather indirect, hinting at the need for a change without directly stating it.

• We had to navigate through several indirect paths in the forest to reach the lake safely.

Synonyms

R

roundabout

vsindirect

1 4.9

Not direct in route, speech, or action

refers only to a path that does not go straight to a destination

Antonyms

D

direct

574 1.0

Straight and without anything in between, for example a route

D

direct

1 1.6

In a straight way without stopping at other places

Compounds

I

indirect evidence

1 5.8

A clue that does not prove a fact directly but makes it seem likely

I

indirect fire

• Specialized

1 8.2

Shooting at a target you cannot see using calculations or people who watch

I

indirect tax

1 3.7

A tax added to the price of goods or services

I

indirect lighting

1 4.4

Light from a hidden source that reflects off ceilings and walls to make a soft, even glow

I

indirect immunofluorescence

• Specialized

8.2

A lab method using a first antibody and a glowing second antibody to show targets under a special microscope

I

indirect object

5.1

A person or thing that gets the benefit of an action, often with a direct object

I

indirect request

5.9

A statement or question that asks for something without saying it directly

I

indirect transmission

• Specialized

6.7

When germs spread to a person through a thing or animal instead of direct touch

I

indirect antonym

• Specialized

9.3

An opposite found through another word, not directly opposed

I

indirect correlation

• Specialized

7.1

A relationship between two things where one goes up while the other goes down

I

indirect discourse

7.9

A way of reporting what someone said without using their exact words, often changing pronouns and verb tenses

I

indirect expression

6.4

A way of telling someone something without saying it directly

How Indirect

circuitous

9 8.4

indirect

6 3.5

winding

2.7

straight

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology